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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has survived the closest-ever Sun flyby


It’s the closest a human-made object has gotten to the Sun.

By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Now that NASA has confirmation of the mission’s success, it expects the Parker Solar Probe to send “detailed telemetry data on its status” on January 1st. The close flyby is supposed to help scientists get a better understanding of solar wind, the Sun’s heat, and how “energetic particles are accelerated to near light speed.”

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